metaphysical poetry
metaphysical poetry English literary form of the 17th century, characterized by the combination of unlike ideas or images to create new representations of experience, and a reliance on wit and subtle argument. Although this method was by no means new, in the hands of such writers as George
Herbert, Andrew
Marvell and John
Donne it infused new life into English poetry.
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On Japan and the Sovereign Ghost-State Hugh Byas, journalist-expert, and the manchurian incident
Magazine article from: Journalism History; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...journalist in Japan at the time of the Manchurian Incident in 1931, had a long career connected...response by Britain after the Manchurian Incident. On September 18...Chinese troops on Japan's South Manchurian Railroad, dispersed beyond the...
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New `Manchurian' is a half-full classic.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 8/4/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Robert W. Butler "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962) may be...heavy is not Red China but Manchurian Global, a vast corporation...Especially fuzzy is the incident in which Cpl. Raymond Shaw...means, check out the new "Manchurian Candidate." Then rent the...
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FILM REVIEW: Clever twists spark 'Manchurian' plot
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/3/2004; ; 562 words
; ...COLUMBUS, Ohio -- "The Manchurian Candidate," Jonathan Demme...given new memories of the incident in order to eventually propel...corporate conglomerate The Manchurian Group orchestrates Shaw...of chief executive. "The Manchurian Candidate" never gets bogged...
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FILM REVIEW: 'The Manchurian Candidate' a powerful film, remake
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/4/2004; ; 492 words
; ...Frankenheimer political potboiler "The Manchurian Candidate" for our post 9/11 times...variation on a potent story. In fact, the "Manchurian" of the film's title has nothing to...Ben Marco who, after a freak military incident in Kuwait in 1991, is now a troubled...
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Film: The Manchurian Candidate (15) Rating . . . .(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 11/19/2004; 410 words
; ...provides an equally chilling thriller in The Manchurian Candidate but without the cannibalism...is reset in the first Gulf War and an incident in which a small group of American soldiers...who escaped, but has flashbacks to the incident which makes him doubt what really happened...
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MARK ADAMS at the movies: SECRETS AND SPIES; Denzel battles brainwashing THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (15).(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 11/21/2004; 638 words
; ...fateful day. He is obsessed with finding the truth behind the incident, and with the security services on his back becomes convinced...getting closer to the White House, Marco suspects the powerful Manchurian Global Corporation is behind a sinister plot. WHAT'S GOOD...
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Light shed on Lugouqiao Incident
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 7/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...beg for mercy." Lugouqiao Incident Standing above the Yongding...shattered. With the Lugouqiao Incident, Japan started its all...began supporting an illegal Manchurian kingdom in Northeast China...debate has raged over the incident with some historians, particularly...
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Saving tigers from extinction
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 4/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...patrolling the park to prevent such incidents. In 1998, during mating...the goal of the park, since Manchurian tigers cannot survive in the...maintain their basic nature. Manchurian tigers are endangered species...launched a campaign to protect Manchurian tigers in 1986, setting up...
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War responsibility -- delving into the past.
Newspaper article from: Yomiuri Shimbun (Toyko, Japan); 8/15/2005; 700+ words
; ...of battle following the 1931 Manchurian Incident, plunging the country into the...the following explores the Manchurian Incident and the subsequent expansion...1931, the tracks of the South Manchurian Railway Co.'s line (Mantetsu...
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Excerpts from Chiang Kai-shek's diary made public.
Newspaper article from: Yomiuri Shimbun (Toyko, Japan); 3/26/2006; 700+ words
; ...vengeance on Japan after the 1931 Manchurian Incident, in an entry in his diary that...reveals his thoughts about the Manchurian Incident that led to all-out...about three weeks after the Manchurian Incident, Chiang began his journal...
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Manchurian Incident
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Manchurian Incident or Mukden Incident, 1931, confrontation...This view was confirmed when the Manchurian general Chang Hsüeh-liang...facilities in competition with the South Manchurian Railway , referring Japan to the Nationalist...
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South Manchurian Railway
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and the hinterland. The South Manchurian Railway Company, formerly the...agricultural experimentation. When the Manchurian warlord Chang Hsüeh...Japanese Kwantung army staged the Manchurian Incident (1931) and set up the state...
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Mukden incident
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Mukden incident (18 September 1931) Japanese seizure of the Manchurian city of Mukden (now Shenyang in NE China). A detachment...allegedly Chinese-inspired explosion on the South Manchurian Railway as an excuse to occupy the city of Mukden...
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China incident
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...used the word jihen (incident) to characterize events...the ‘Mukden Incident’, or, as...broadened, the ‘Manchurian Incident’. Long before these incidents, elements of pan-Asianism...
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Xi'an incident
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Xi'an incident (December 1936) The kidnapping of the...KAI-SHEK while visiting disaffected Manchurian troops at Xi'an. Chiang was captured...Xueliang was imprisoned by Chiang, but the incident led to limited co-operation between...
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